Fast Facts

Synergy School is an independent K-8 co-educational day school located at 25th & Valencia in San Francisco’s Mission District.

Address

• 1387 Valencia Street San Francisco, CA 94110
• Phone 415-567-6177

Enrollment 190 students

Average Class Size

• Kindergarten: 24 (includes 6 Young K students). Two teachers.
• Rainbow Room: 27 (combined 1st & 2nd grades). Two teachers.
• Sun Room: 27 (combined 2nd & 3rd grades). Two teachers.
• 4th & 5th: 20 per class (two classrooms). One full-time teacher plus an aide.
• Middle School: 23 per class.
• Specialist Classes: 11 to 27 per teacher, depending upon age and subject

Average Student Teacher ratio

• K - 3 – 13:1
• 4th & 5th – 21:1 per class
• 4/5 – 21:1 (plus half-time aide)
• Middle School – 23:1
• Specialists – between 11:1 and 27:1

Student demographics

Our 2010-11 community includes 55% students of color and 45% Caucasian children.

The ethnic breakdown by numbers of children is:

• 86 Caucasian
• 29 Latino
• 28 African American
• 17 Chinese
• 10 Indo-Chinese
• 6 Japanese
• 7 Filipino
• 7 Korean

In addition, Synergy School has 24 students from 19 LGBT families.

Staff – 30 staff members, including:

• 19 teachers (3 of whom also function half-time as Director of Administration; Director of Admissions; and Director of Finance)
• 1 Financial Assistant/Office Manager
• 1 Administrative Assistant
• 1 Office Assistant
• 4 After-school staff
• 1 Development Director
• 1 Part-time Learning Specialist
• 1 Part-time Librarian
• 1 Part-time Technology Coordinator

School Hours

• School Hours: 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• Wednesday dismissal: 2:10 p.m.
• Early morning care starts at 7:15 a.m.
• After school care until 6 p.m.

Tuition

• Tuition for 2011/2012: $14,800
• Tuition assistance: 33% of our students receive financial aid

Extra-curricular activities

• Athletics: basketball, cross country
• Choir: performs at local venues and school get-togethers.
• Student Groups: Yearbook, POCIS (People of Color in Independent Schools),
• GSA (Gay-Straight Alliance), EcoTeam, Student Councils

Governance

• Synergy is a teachers’ cooperative governed by a Board of Trustees made up of all full-time teachers; the three co-founders of the school; current parents; alumni students, parents, and faculty; and members of the broader community.